A conceptual model detailing the process of bio-behavioral synchrony between the online
physiological and behavioral responses of attachment partners during social contact is …

Research in humans and nonhuman animals indicates that social affiliation, and particularly
maternal bonding, depends on reward circuitry. Although numerous mechanistic studies in …

This is a selective review that provides the context for the study of perinatal affective disorder
mechanisms and outlines directions for future research. We integrate existing literature …

For nearly half a century, psychologists, psychiatrists, ethologists, and myriad other students
of human behavior and family life have summoned these terms to convey the special …

Neural substrates underlying the human-pet relationship are largely unknown. We
examined fMRI brain activation patterns as mothers viewed images of their own child and …

Attachment between mothers and infants is the most primitive and primary form of human
social relationship. Many reports have suggested that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) plays a …

Background: Well-validated models of maternal behavior in small-brain mammals posit a
central role of oxytocin in parenting, by reducing stress and enhancing the reward value of …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Mother–infant bonding is a
characteristic of virtually all mammals. The maternal neural system may have provided the …

Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in
the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future …

Maternal depression increases child vulnerability to psychopathology, loneliness, and social
maladjustment; yet, its long-term effects on the social brain are unknown. In this prospective …